Security forces have boarded buses, searched phones and interrogated people, looking for evidence that they welcomed the ...

European Parliament bans Iranian diplomats from its premises. The ban is announced by the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.

Rally "for a free Russia without repression and despotism" Moscow, June 10 2018. Credit: Don Simon via Wikimedia Commons. CC0. From Bull Connor’s dogs and fire hoses attacking U.S. civil rights ...

On July 7, a U.S. grand jury indicted five men for crimes connected to a Chinese government plot aimed at silencing dissidents living in the United States. While three of the men were originally ...

In unicellular organisms, most of the genes in the genome are in a perpetual state of activity, with only a small number being specifically recognized as targets for repression. By contrast, ...

Opinion editor's note: This article, part of our New Voices collection, was written by a first-time contributor to Star Tribune Opinion. For more information about ...